tadpole stage

collocation in English

meaningsoftadpoleandstage

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tadpole
noun[C]
uk
/ˈtæd.pəʊl/us
/ˈtæd.poʊl/
a small, black creature with a large head and long tail that lives in water and develops into a frog ...
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stage
noun[C]
uk
/steɪdʒ/us
/steɪdʒ/
a part of an activity or a period ...
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(Definition oftadpoleandstagefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The resulting clones were not reared beyond thetadpolestage.
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Sometimes during thetadpolestage, one of the developing rear legs is eaten by a predator such as a dragonfly nymph.
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The eggs develop directly without a free-livingtadpolestage.
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This led researchers to hypothesize that development may be direct without an interveningtadpolestage.
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Some species are carnivorous at thetadpolestage, eating insects, smaller tadpoles, and fish.
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There is notadpolestageor need for a body of water in which to reproduce.
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Whatever the reason, the drive led to internal fertilization and direct development (completing thetadpolestagewithin the egg).
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All members are direct-development, skipping atadpolestage.
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A few species deposit eggs on land or bypass thetadpolestage.
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Reproduction is likely to be by direct development without an aquatictadpolestage.
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This genus is unique in that development not direct, with all growth inside the egg and no free-swimmingtadpolestage.
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Thetadpolestageoccurs entirely within the egg, rather than as a free-living tadpole.
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Thetadpolestageis relatively long, lasting up to fifteen months.
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Some species are carnivorous at thetadpolestage, eating insects, smaller tadpoles and fish.
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During thetadpolestageof the amphibian life cycle, most respire by means of autonomous external or internal gills.
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It has direct development, that is, it breeds without free-livingtadpolestage.
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Within this genus, the males transfer the eggs from the female's cloaca to their dorsal pouch till they reach development at thetadpolestage.
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The process is slowed at low temperatures, but generally takes between three to eight days after thetadpolestageis complete.
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Eggs develop in foam nests followed by a free-swimmingtadpolestage.
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Further cell division leads to thetadpolestage, with further elongation resulting in the first stage juvenile, which is roughly four times as long as the egg.
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